Final curtain for old theater Once the center of the city's social life, the Shore Theater building has been vacant for many years. Recently, a piece of the building's cement façade fell and startled passersby, leading citizens and the Grand Marais City Council to debate what should be done with the building. Full Story

City reiterates legal risk regarding pool project Based on advice offered by their attorney, Grand Marais city councilors voted May 11 to send a letter to the county stating that the city will not participate in the development of a new community center until legal issues with a Wisconsin aquatics firm are cleared up. Full Story

Advocating for Arrowhead animals is complicated Since December 2003, Cook County residents and visitors have been dropping spare change in containers with cute little cats or dogs, hoping to help care for lost and abandoned pets through an organization called Animal Advocates of the Arrowhead. Full Story

Calling the White House Every once in awhile we run a feature called Who are our elected officials? We like to help people be involved in the political process, so we periodically supply contact information for everyone from commissioner to president. Full Story

The Helper from the other side God is real … God does not change … and so our journey continues. As noted last week, most of us in society look beyond ourselves for support and help when facing irreconcilable differences with disaster. Full Story

Community Calendar Cook County AA MeetingsMondays: Open Meeting, 7:30 PM, Grand Marais SeniorCenter (1st Monday of the month is desserts and coffee at7 PM and speaker at 7:30 PM.)Tuesdays: Big Book Study Group, Open Meeting, 6:00 PM,First Congregational Church in Grand Mara Full Story

West End Calendar Cook County Higher Education North Shore CampusCareer training and college courses are available in Cook County.Visit our campus at the corner of 3rd Street and 3rd Avenue Westin Grand Marais. Regular hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondaythrough Thursday, with evenings by appointment. Full Story

Viking girls win Barnum track meet When we were planning for this meet, our goal was to try and score as many team points as possible, rather than our usual plan of looking for individual improvement in anticipation of the upcoming Polar League Championships and Section 7A playoffs. Full Story

Vikings lose to Floodwood, beat Albrook Playing their third game in as many days, the Viking girls' softball team traveled to Floodwood on Thursday, May 12 and faced the Polar Bears.
Kristina Rude pitched six strong innings for the Vikings, not allowing any runs the first three innings. Full Story

After road losses, Vikings rally to win at home The Vikings made up their game against Esko May 11 and sent eighthgrade boy wonder Alex Murray to the mound. After two innings of play the Vikings were up 4-2, and Murray, who was pitching well, also blasted a double to deep right field, putting both benches in an absolute frenzy and amazement at the eighth-grader’s power. Full Story